Toyota settles class-action suits over engine oil sludge

Toronto Bob wrote:

There's another descriptor that should be added to "neanderthal" and "creep".
The word "Pervert" works!!
Whatever, AOL, you're a world class loser.
They all fit.

only perverts here are you and you gayoff buddy paco!

motown wrote:

<quoted text>only perverts here are you and you gayoff buddy paco!

Some questions for the sexually frustrated author of the above brain fart:...
Were you born with that dent in your head, or did somebody give you a two-by-four tune up because of your foul mouth?(Or maybe you need one?)
Do you have gas, or were you just saying something stupid as usual?
Is all that sexual innuendo the extent of your vocabulary?
Does your mother double as your aunt?
Is that the only tooth you have?
So many unanswered questions..........

Some good news for AOL (aka "Motown")....

"It's never too late to have a happy childhood."

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I own a 1993 Toyota Camry with 240,000 plus miles and I have had no issues with engine sludge.I hope to see another 240!!!!

I have 4 cars and maintain all of them. Our 2000 Sienna XLE has the oil sludge issue - it was noticed after a vacation to Tennesse when it consumed a high level of oil. I have never seen and issue like this - My Honda has 220K and doesn't burn a drop - I had a Pathfinder with 200K that also never burned oil. My Sienna requires a quart of oil for each full tank - yet not a drop is observed on the garage floor. Today Toyota confirned the "oil sludge" problem. I was never notified and they have to replace the complete engine! I bought Toyota because of their stellar reputation - NEVER AGAIN!!!!

ALERT: If your check engine light is on in your Toyota, check for oil consumption and blue smoke, too. Often, one of the first signs of the development of engine oil sludge is the check engine light coming on. Many emissions control components are replaced prior to or right after sludge builds up.

Several other Toyota owners are speaking up about the current Toyota engine oil sludge or gel problem. Take a look at http://www.toyotaoilgel.com . Check out http://www.uc2.blogspot.com to see what owner has faced at his local Toyota dealership and more. Read the complaints on the online petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/TMC2003/petitio... .

Take a look at YouTube.com under “Toyota Engine Oil Sludge” or “Toyota Oil Gel” http://www.youtube.com/watch... to see how the problem originated. Then, note the almost 3,000 signatories on the online petition “Toyota Owners Unite for Resolution: Engine Oil Sludge.” It seems that Toyota owners are complaining they have been left out of the “Customer Support Program for Engine Oil Gelation.” Still others say that Toyota has kept information about it hidden from them.

Toyota owners should file owner complaints at the NHTSA and the Center for Auto Safety. They should send Toyota a certified letter to formally notify it of the problem. Then, they should ask for full repair cost coverage under the provisions of the CSP.

Toyota owners can follow “toyotasludge” at Twitter.com for updates.

Back in 2004, two key consumer sites went down at the same time. Toyota owners were very actively discussing Toyota engine oil sludge and Toyota’s follow through, or lack thereof, on the CSP. It was as if someone wanted those sites to be eradicated. The moderator at one of the sites admitted multiple hacking until the site went down permanently.

At any rate, none of the very legitimate and informative postings from those two sites is accessible now. Convenient, huh?

Charlene Blake
cblake@erols.com
charleneblake@cox.net

Time to go to the following web sites to see the true story about Toyota engine oil gel or sludge:

http://www.petitiononline.com/TMC2003/petitio...
http://www.toyotaoilgel.com
http://www.uc2.blogspot.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch...

Follow "toyotasludge" on Twitter.com for updates.

The Toyota engine oil sludge problem has NOT been properly resolved. Period.

Contact me for if you need more information.

Charlene Blake
cblake@erols.com
charleneblake@cox.net

To those searching for more on the Toyota engine oil sludge or gel matter, please see the following links:
http://www.toyotaoilgel.com
http://www.petitiononline.com/TMC2003/petitio...
http://www.uc2.blogspot.com
http://www.autosafety.org
Follow “toyotasludge” on Twitter.com
Watch the Toyota Sludge video on YouTube.com at
http://www.youtube.com/watch...
If you have blue/white smoke from the exhaust, especially on start up; check engine light on; excess oil consumption or sudden disappearance of engine oil; failed emissions control components such as the oxygen sensor or catalytic converter; a thrown engine piston rod; or complete engine failure, then be on alert!
Notify Toyota via CERTIFED letter with return receipt requested about your problem and ask for full repair coverage under Toyota’s Customer Support Program for Engine Oil Gelation.
Speak up loudly online if Toyota refuses to honor this program or continues to blame you in the wake of proper vehicle maintenance.
If Toyota is totally unresponsive in the wake of a failed engine due to engine oil sludge build up, consider going to the following web sites to voice your concern:
http://www.ConsumerAffairs.com
http://www.RipOffReport.com
Regardless of the Toyota response, be sure to file online vehicle owner complaints at:
http://www.autosafety.org The Center for Auto Safety
http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/ivoq/ The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Just to make it clear, the Toyota engine oil sludge problem…the one that has attracted so many defamers to follow me around the internet…is STILL a problem. There are many later model Toyota models showing signs of the same problem. What is worse, Toyota owners are reporting continued deception at Toyota and Toyota dealerships. Far too many Toyota owners are being told they do not qualify for the CSP repair cost coverage for one reason or another. Still other Toyota model owners who have sludged engines are being asked to pay thousands in repair costs despite proper vehicle maintenance.
This is wrong!
Toyota Owners Unite for Resolution
Charlene Blake
cblake@erols.com
charleneblake@cox.net

I have a 2008 jeep wrangler with 31k milage 4-5 oil changes no leaks,smoke, etc never an oil light ..slight tapping noise(thought it was a lifter) and slight oil (1.5 qt)useage within last two weeks before engine sounded like someone put marbles in the oil pan..

krisg wrote:

I have a 2008 jeep wrangler with 31k milage 4-5 oil changes no leaks,smoke, etc never an oil light ..slight tapping noise(thought it was a lifter) and slight oil (1.5 qt)useage within last two weeks before engine sounded like someone put marbles in the oil pan..

It's still under warranty. Get it fixed.

krisg wrote:

I have a 2008 jeep wrangler with 31k milage 4-5 oil changes no leaks,smoke, etc never an oil light ..slight tapping noise(thought it was a lifter) and slight oil (1.5 qt)useage within last two weeks before engine sounded like someone put marbles in the oil pan..

Sounds like the place you had your last oil change at put the wrong oil in or nopt enough I have a 04 Jeep Liberty RUNS LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL NOTHING WRONG HERE

2006 4 runner with 45,000 miles...slight ticking noise coming from engine. Took it to dealer, they told me it was sludge build up so bad that I needed a new engine for $16,000!! When I said it was under warranty they said it was not because it was from owner neglect. Told them put the car back together and give it back to me, they said it would now be impossible to put it back together. So basically they are holding my truck for ransom for $16,000...no way in hell I am paying them. Taking it to my lawyers now. And if they don't fix it, believe me the world will know who the dealer is and what they did to me. I own 41 domains with hundreds of thousands of hits per month and every single one will be my blog on how toyota and this dealer screwed me.

Please see the following web sites for more on Toyota engine oil sludge, engine failure, car fire, blown engine, thrown piston rod, etc.:

http://www.toyotasludge.com/
http://www.uc2.blogspot.com
http://www.toyotaoilgel.com
http://www.petitiononline.com/TMC2003/petitio...

http://www.youtube.com/watch...
http://www.youtube.com/watch...

Join the growing crowd of sludge victims---far beyond the 1997-2002 models that Toyota claimed were affected. There are also far more than the 3,200 owner complaints Toyota acknowledged back in 2002 but will not update now!

With your web experience, you can help get the word out so that other sludge victims are not similarly impacted. What Toyota can get away with, it will. The engine oil sludge matter is not an old problem but a current one in later model Toyotas as well.

BTW, notify Toyota in a certified (with return response requested) letter because it won't count your complaint otherwise. This will you will give Toyota official notice of the problem.

Have you had the check engine light come on before, rapid oil consumption, or blue/white smoke upon start up? Has Toyota deferred checking into the problem to buy itself time?

Do fill us in and update us on your status.

Charlene Blake
cblake@erols.com
charleneblake@cox.net
Toyota Owners Unite for Resolution

WOW! It's hard to believe that there are so many complaints about Toyota all over the worldwide web! I was just at Ripoffreport.com at the TOYOTA page of that site and there are many complaints about Toyota. There are also a lot of complaints at the BANK OF AMERICA page of that site too! Wow!!!

Have a 2003 camry, have had it serviced every 4,000 miles since it was new. Engin light came on, they replace gas cap. 1 week light cam back on, they replace charcoal canister. 1 week or so later engine light and oil light came back on. They replace emission converter.$1200 worth of repairs and now the car uses4 qts of oil in 4,000 miles. Did not use any vefore all this started.
I don't understand why after all this work, it now uses all this oil. It is not leaking & it does not smoke. Why does it not smoke, if it is using the oil?

My check engine light has been on for 6 years. I bought my rav4 6 years a go.There was a recall to get it fixed when i took it to be fixed i was told i needed to get a new battery before i could get it fixed. Light still is not fixed, been over 2 years now.

I own a 2009 Camry that is consuming about 5 quarts of oil between oil changes.
I contacted Toyota and they told me my car was out of warranty and that according to their manual 1.1 quart per every 600 miles was within spec.
Now what reasonable person believes a non performance car would use that much oil, up to 8 quarts between changes?
I made the dealer aware of this my last oil change and they want me to bring it back every 1000 miles to check it. They also did a compression check and inspected for leaks and said everything was normal.
I have owned 3 new Toyotas and IMO their quality has been on a steady decline.
The worst part about it is they won't admit to any problems and take responsibility for the problem,leaving the customer in a horrible position.

John wrote:

I own a 2009 Camry that is consuming about 5 quarts of oil between oil changes.
I contacted Toyota and they told me my car was out of warranty and that according to their manual 1.1 quart per every 600 miles was within spec.
Now what reasonable person believes a non performance car would use that much oil, up to 8 quarts between changes?
I made the dealer aware of this my last oil change and they want me to bring it back every 1000 miles to check it. They also did a compression check and inspected for leaks and said everything was normal.
I have owned 3 new Toyotas and IMO their quality has been on a steady decline.
The worst part about it is they won't admit to any problems and take responsibility for the problem,leaving the customer in a horrible position.

Small claims court.